Pre-Requisites & System Requirements for Deploying HDX Broadcast Now with Framehawk (Draft

Pre-requisites & System Requirements for Deploying HDX Broadcast now with Framehawk (Draft + The Basic’s Only) 0: The HDX Broadcast now with Framehawk admin guide is available at – http://docs.citrix.com/content/dam/docs/en-us/xenapp-xendesktop/xenapp-xendesktop-7- 6/downloads/Framehawk%20Administration%20Guide.pdf which I would strongly suggestthat you read through before undertaking any type of PoC or internal testing of Framehawk’s capabilities within your own home lab, organisation demo environment. 1: You need to download the XAD 7.6 FP2 components fromhttp://www.citrix.com/downloads.html. Also download and the firmware update for NetScaler Unified Gateway 11.0 build 62.10** to upgrade your NUG V/A.Note: The current supported Citrix Receivers (update 22/08/2015) are the Windows Receiver 4.3 or iOS Receiver 6.0. 2: Download the DisplayStateGUI.exe * tool from http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/08/17/got-framehawk-weve- got-remote-access-tips-and-tricks/ its a good read by way so be sure to read through that official CTX blog articles aswell prior to deploying Framehawk in your Home/Test lab or for a customer PoC. 3: In your Citrix test or home lab environments snapshot all the relevant XAD 7.6 infrastructure components that requires which an update which is most rior to proceeding. This is typically a common leading best practise so that you revert back in the unlikely event of a failure or corruption of any components during the infrastructure update. 4: Once the updates have been completed successfully installed and you’ve rebooted your compoments seperately in an agreed maintenance window the launch Citrix Studio upon a successful reboot and create a new policy selecting the Framehawk policies and adding them to your test user(s) or group(s). It is not recommended to apply this HDX policy to all users within your Site but only those whom are experiencing high packet loss ref page 12 of the Framehawk Admin Guide. Also be sure to carefully review and understand the provided technical overview of each policy setting by reading the policy description.TIP: Type in frame in the search window to find the Framehawk policies in Studio quicker. 5: Also make sure that your install and update the server, desktop VDA’s within your template images or create a new set of template(s) for your desktop and server OSes. It’s your choice :-). 6: I’d suggest that you utilise a Windows end-point for your initial tests of Framehawk, so navigate to http://receiver.citrix.com which should auto detect your Windows endpoint and recommend that you download and install Citrix Receiver 4.3 for your Windows OS. 7: Once the Windows Citrix Receiver 4.3 has successfully installed and configure Receiver to point to your Citrix test or home lab environment and begin testing :-). TIP: Why not setup a DNS SRV record for e-mail based discovery check out – http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/storefront/3/sf-plan/sf-plan-user-access.html. 8: Once your have configured Receiver a lunch a destkop and run DisplayStateGUI.exe * and also login into the new and update Director to check that your launch ICA/HDX session is in fact utilising using Framehawk and not DRC or the SuperCodec. 9: Once your happy proceed to snapshotting your NUG V/A and begin the firmware upgrade from your exsiting NUG build to the current supported firmware version which is 11.0 build 62.10**. 10: Once your have upgrade your NUG V/A and it is functioning as expected then proceed with the following to enable delivery of HDX Broadcast now with Framehawk via your NetScaler (Unfied) Gateway. 11: Enable DTLS in the settings of the VPN virtual server, enable and open 443 on TCP/UDPand unbind and rebind the SSL cert-key pair this second part is mandatory for more detail ref 16 of the Framehawk admin guide. 12: Deploy XAD 7.6 FP2 as your typically would utilising either the built-in wizards, manually using AppExpert e.t.c 13: Once its is successfully configured navigate to your external gateway FQDN and login to ensure that you can successfully authenticate and access your RfW powered by StoreFront 3.0 with the unified experience enabled ref – http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/storefront/3/sf-manage/sf-receiver.html. Now logout and return to the NUG Admin WebUI. 14: Now complete the following steps within the NUG Web AdminUI to enable and allow Framehawk ICA/HDX sessions through your NetScaler Unified Gateway V/A: – Click configuration tab -> NS Gateway -> Virtual Servers now click “Edit” then click “More” – Select to enable DTLS then click “Ok” – Now within the VPN Server screen click e.g “1 Server Certificate” – Write down the name of the certificate – Select your server cert and the click on Unbind above from the list of menu options and then save/close – You be returned to the VPN Server screen and there will be NO certs that is normal. Now click on “No Server Certificate” to reopen it – Click on the + sign – Find your certificate within the list and click “Select” then when prompted click “Bind”. – Ignore and click OK on the warning error message entitled “No usable ciphers configured on the SSL vserver/serivce” 15: Begin testing using Windows Receiver 4.3 from any supported Windows end-point. 16: If you wanted to enable and allow Framehawk access from iOS devices running Receiver 6.0 then please complete the following:

– On your SFS access App_Data dir of your Store in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\Store\App_Data\ – Open the file entitled default.ica – Under the [WFClient] section within the file add the following line of code Framehawk=Onwhich should be under ProxyUseFQDN=Off – Click “Save” 17: Begin testing using Citrix Receiver iOS 6 on an iOS device. 18: If you have downloaded the initial Framehawk Admin Guide is doesn’t including the remote access setup and configuration so please re-download the admin guide at –http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/08/17/got- framehawk-weve-got-remote-access-tips-and-tricks/. It well worth a re-read in my view to better understand Framehawk. SYN230: HDX update: What’s new If you want to learn what’s new and all the updates to Citrix HDX i’d suggest that you watch the following Citrix Synergy 2015 session entitled “SYN230: HDX update: What’s new”. This entry was posted in Citrix, Citrix Receiver, Framehawk, HDX, HDX Broadcast, Synergy and taggedFramehawk, Framehawk Virtual Channel, HDX, HDX Broadcast, HDX Broadcast now with Framehawk, ICA,iOS Receiver 6.0, LFP, Lightweight Framebuffer Protocol, NetScaler Gateway, NetScaler Gateway 11.0 build 62.10, NetScaler Unified Gateway, UDP, Windows Receiver 4.3 on August 15, 2015.